Robust sensor placement for leak location: analysis and design

In this paper, a nominal sensor placement methodology for leak location in water distribution networks is presented. To reduce the size and the complexity of the optimization problem a clustering technique is combined with the nominal sensor placement methodology. Some of the pressure sensor placeme...

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Autores: Blesa Izquierdo, Joaquim|||0000-0002-5626-3753, Nejjari Akhi-Elarab, Fatiha|||0000-0001-9118-632X, Sarrate Estruch, Ramon|||0000-0002-9979-5899
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/82915
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/82915
https://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2015.021
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Detectors
Water - Distribution
Automatic control
clustering
leak location
robustness analysis
sensor placement
Aigua--Distribució
Control automàtic
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Automàtica i control
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Sumario:In this paper, a nominal sensor placement methodology for leak location in water distribution networks is presented. To reduce the size and the complexity of the optimization problem a clustering technique is combined with the nominal sensor placement methodology. Some of the pressure sensor placement methods for leak detection and location in water distribution networks are based on the pressure sensitivity matrix analysis. This matrix depends on the network demands, which are nondeterministic, and the leak magnitudes, that are unknown. The robustness of the nominal sensor placement methodology is investigated against the fault sensitivity matrix uncertainty. Providing upon the dependency of the leak location procedure on the network operating point, the nominal sensor placement problem is then reformulated as a multi-objective optimization for which Pareto optimal solutions are generated. The robustness study as well as the resulting robust sensor placement methodology are illustrated by means of a small academic network as well as a district metered area in the Barcelona water distribution network.